United States Fifth Circuit

Defendants' convictions and sentences for drug-related offenses are affirmed where: 1) one defendant pled guilty and failed to preserve the right to appeal the district court's pretrial denial of his motion to suppress; and 2) the district court correctly denied other defendant's motion to suppress, he could not raise an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal, and there was no Booker error at sentencing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/16/2007
• Published 05/16/2007

Judges

• KING, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, GARZA and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julia Bowen Stern, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, Jody Lee Young (argued), Brownsville, TX, for U.S., Michael McGhee Scott (argued), Brownsville, TX, for Stevens.